Ann Napolitano
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Ann Napolitano is the author of Dear Edward, which was an instant New York Times bestseller, a Read with Jenna selection, and is now an Apple TV+ series. She is also the author of the novels A Good Hard Look and Within Arm’s Reach. For seven years, Napolitano was the associate editor of the literary magazine One Story, and she received an MFA from New York University. She has taught fiction writing at Brooklyn College’s MFA program, New York University’s School of Continuing and Professional Studies, and Gotham Writers Workshop. Professional Studies and for Gotham Writers' Workshop. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and two children.
Books by Ann Napolitano
Four sisters. Two sides of a fault line. Can love make a broken family whole?
The luminous, life-affirming New York Times bestseller about a 12-year-old boy who is the sole survivor of a plane crash
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